At Duralor LLC's official opening of its new nanomanufacturing facility in Northern Arkansas, Arkansas governor Mike Beebe praised the University of Arkansas for its dedication to nanotech - the technology behind Duralor's products was developed at the university.

"It was uniquely because of the University of Arkansas' decision years ago to put talent, time and money into this field that made the rest possible, the governor said," writes The Morning News' Doug Thompson.

"Duralor looks to reap commercial success with TuffTek, its nanoparticle coating product to be sold to the metal-cutting industry," writes the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Laurie Whalen. "As many as 100 people will be employed by the research-and-technology outfit in the coming years... Duralor is a 2008 spinoff of NanoMech, an award-winning technology-development company that also is moving from Fayetteville's Arkansas Research and Technology Park to Duralor's new home at the technology park."

Duralor's press release is here.